HO L L YHO C/C 
{Ambition.) 
“The fallen hollyhock.” —Ebenezer Elliot. 
HE emblem of that crime by which Wolsey tells us 
the angels fell is the tall and stately Hollyhock. 
A few years ago it was often designated the 
“garden mallow,” and, indeed, belongs to the mallow 
family. From the fact that it is known in France as Rose 
cToutre Mer , or “ rose from beyond the sea,” it has been 
surmised that it was first introduced into Europe frcm 
Syria by the Crusaders. 
“ Queen Hollyhock, with butterflies for crowns.” 
The blossom of the Hollyhock is said to furnish a great 
quantity of bee honey. Considerable benefit would be 
received by bee-keepers if they planted plenty of Holly- 
hocks near their hives, for as Horace Smith says, 
“From the nectaries of hollyhocks 
The humble bee, e’en till he faints, will sip.” 
It is a meet emblem of a soaring ambition rising in its 
stately height above the faded blossoms of summer, 
glorious in its bunches of many-coloured flowers. The 
hollyhock forms a good border of colours for lawns and 
borders of gardens. 
